African Nationhood

Chapter 14 Alice’s Mutation
  After more than half a month of negotiations, Shi Jintang finally reached a resolution with the British military.

The agreement stipulates:

1. Henry Stone needs to become a British citizen (so that he can obtain a royal charter issued by the British royal family;)

2. Henry Shi took the post of general manager of the South China Company in Southern Africa after taking an oath of allegiance to the Queen of England.

3. As a colonial company with a royal charter, the South China Company can develop any area in southern Africa except the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Natal Colony, Basutoland, and Swaziland.

4. During the colonial period, the Nanhua Company enjoyed all rights in the colony, including taxation, war, and the right to dispatch and manage colonial people.

5. As a royally chartered colonial company, the British government will provide free assistance to the Nanhua Company with a batch of weapons as fixed assets for the start-up of the colonial company (see the list of transferred weapons for details);

6. The British government will transfer the management of Walvis Bay Port in Southwest Africa to Nanhua Company as the company’s headquarters;
  7、英国政府在两年（即1881年2月28日）后，无偿帮助南华公司建设一座生产马提尼-亨利步枪以及相应子弹的兵工厂（此兵工厂包含4条步枪生产线6条子弹生产线）。

8. Henry Stone enjoyed all the rights of a British citizen in southern Africa, and had priority in serving in the Cape Colony government;

9. In exchange, Henry Stone gave up the patent rights of the new gunpowder in the UK. As for patent rights in other countries, the patent rights in other countries cannot be publicly applied for until the confidentiality period has expired. The confidentiality period is 6 years;
  10. Nanhua Company has the obligation to be loyal to the British government and to pay taxes to the British government;

11. The South China Company had the obligation to obey the orders of the British government during the war;
  12. Nanhua Company shall not disclose this secret to other countries, otherwise it will be committed treason, and the British government has the right to impose the death penalty on traitors.

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This agreement contains various rights and obligations towards the colonial company Nanhua Company, as well as the content agreed by both parties.

But he never thought that the British government would be so shameless and gave him a barren land as a starting base.

In the end, he accepted it. After all, Southwest Africa covers a large area (more than 80 square kilometers) and is rich in mineral resources.

Not to mention other things, there are gold and diamond mines in Southwest Africa, which makes people feel happy.

Therefore, after signing the agreement, he immediately recruited prospectors in the UK.

In addition, he also wanted to send a telegram to Dr. Smith in the United States to ask him to arrange for the remaining escorts and merchant ships to send out the goods as soon as possible.

Next, Shi Jintang went to Paris again. He and Lebel held talks on the preparatory work for Zhibao lighters and cigarette companies.

In addition, he also had to communicate with Lebel about Henry Gambel Bannerman's investment in the company.

This Bannerman will be the British Prime Minister in the future. At that time, he will also need this big shot to help him solve the independence of Nanhua Company, so he directly gave Bannerman 10% of the shares.

The equity split is only between Shi Jintang and Bannerman and will not harm Lebel's interests, so Lebel is happy to see it happen.

The British upper-class people's participation in the company is very beneficial to their business operations.

Since the three shareholders were all named Henry, the company they formed was called Henry Partners.

The newly formed company has three tentative shareholders, namely Henry Lebel, Henry Shi and Henry Gambel Bannerman, with shareholding ratios of 65:25:10 respectively.

The general manager of the company is Henry Lebel, who is also responsible for the daily management of the company.

Bannerman and Shi Jintang are only responsible for due annual inspections and daily reviews. At the same time, they need to send personnel to the partnership company respectively.

Bannerman's people don't have to worry, Shi Jintang's people will have a little trouble. His family was still far away in the Far East, and there was only one person beside him, Alice Underwood, so he asked for his opinion.

When she learned that she would be stationed in Paris and supervise the partnership on behalf of Shi Jintang, Alice was so excited that she almost went crazy.

It is definitely better to stay in Paris than to suffer in remote and wild Africa, and all the conditions in Paris are better.

It also allows her sister to enjoy a better education. These advantages make her particularly tempted.

It's just that she is a little attached to Shi Jintang, and she is afraid that she will be forgotten by this man if she is away from him for a long time.

Worried about gains and losses, Alice had no choice but to repay her man desperately in bed.

Therefore, for a period of time, Shi Jintang had dark circles under his eyes. Later, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he had to sit down with Alice to have a heart-to-heart communication.

He told Alice that there was no need to work so hard to please herself. After all, this kind of thing was about enjoyment, not life-threatening, and we wanted sustainable development.

Alice also felt that she had gone too far, but she had no other way to repay the man.

When she thought of losing the protection of a man and falling into the abyss of misery, tears wet her eyes unconsciously.

Seeing the girl crying, Shi Jintang smiled bitterly and stretched out his hand to rub the girl's head, and continued to explain: "We are all human beings. Women are independent individuals just like men. You should have a higher vision. After all, you are no longer The bartender again.

While in Paris, you can try to study and learn professional financial knowledge or other knowledge. This is a good opportunity, so you should seize the time to enrich yourself.

We are all still young, and the future is still long. As we grow older, the way we think about and deal with problems will also change.

A few years from now you may look back at yourself and feel ashamed.

After all, there is more to our lives than just having sex. "

Hearing what Shi Jintang said, Alice trembled and looked up at the man in front of her. She felt that this man was glowing with golden light.

Not only did he save her life, he also showed her the way forward.

No one can achieve such an existence except the Lord she believes in, so there is only one thought left in her mind: He is my savior!
  Alice stood up suddenly, hugged her savior, and murmured in a low voice: "Thank you Henry, I will listen to you and do what you ask, and I will never betray you, my savior, my guide." Beacon!"

Shi Jintang didn't expect that the painting style would change like this. He just poured some chicken soup casually, but he poured Alice into this.

He found that Alice had become a little weird. Before, he mostly saw awe in her eyes, but now he could only see piety in her eyes.

Gan, what's going on?

In the next few days, he found that Alice would take the initiative to look for opportunities to learn knowledge, and would no longer stick to him and look for opportunities to please him at any time.

If she had an idea, Alice would be more proactive, but she would never be greedy afterwards, making Shi Jintang even more depressed.

However, many things soon took away Shi Jintang's energy. This matter was slowly put behind him, and he began to prepare to enter Africa.

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